Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Alphabet

Alphabet ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Latin alphabetum, from Greek {not transcribed} + {not transcribed}, the first two Greek letters; Hebrew āleph and beth: compare French alphabet.]

1.
The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.
2.
The simplest rudiments; elements.
The very alphabet of our law. — Macaulay
Collocations (1)
Deaf and dumb alphabet , See Dactylology.

Alphabet , transitive verb

To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically. [Rare]